Before I continue, below are links showing hundreds of examples of forged Mickey Mantle baseballs, photos, etc. found on Ebay (the most dangerous place to buy autographs if you're a casual collector or impulse buyer).

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/ebay-mantle-dimaggi...

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/examples-of-mickey-...

https://live.autographmagazine.com/forum/topics/most-common-mantle-...

Ebay seller Migru-4225 recently sold five forged Mickey Mantle baseballs.

Below are screenshots of each auction (click your mouse on each image to get a closer view.

Ebay seller Migru-4225 just listed a sixth one.

All of them are piece-of-garbage forgeries.  It's amazing that anyone is bidding on garbage like this.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/195182848671?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26ai...

All penned by a moron forger on crappy baseballs.